About hOMe

Close your eyes. Imagine yourself culminating a long trip. Hours of arduous travel behind you, body fatigued, you yearn to lay it all down. Rounding the bend, you catch sight of your home, the patch of earth where you shelter from real and metaphorical storms. The place that harbors cherished loved ones and chosen material belongings. Home. Can you feel the expectation and relief of laying down burdensome baggage and fatigue? Of safety? Of closing the distance from those you love? Of resolving the unsettledness that often results from being unmoored, distant from home?

Our human journey is imbued with a deep yearning to belong, to find home within ourselves, our families, our communities, the wider world. In Maslow’s well-regarded hierarchy of needs, “belongingness” arises as the third fundamental need, trailing only the physiological needs for adequate food, clothing, sleep, shelter, and safety. Belongingness, according to Maslow, includes both being at home in oneself - healthy self-esteem- and being at home with others – experiencing genuine connections of friendship and trust, the building blocks for shared work in the world.

The sound Om (or Aum) resonates with this sense of being completely attuned, inwardly harmonious, and meaningfully in resonance with others and the living world. In the Hindu belief system, Om is the original vibration, the unified sound of all creation coming to consciousness, the manifestation of the Divine/God/Ultimate Consciousness in form. Om has no beginning or ending. It embraces all existence. Taken letter by letter (A-U-M), Aum represents the complete, perfect union of creative energy (Brahma Shakti), sustaining energy (Vishnu Shakti), and energy that liberates us from that which separates us from ourselves, other beings, and all that is transcendent (Shiva Shakti). Chanting Om calms the nervous system. It gathers and focuses the mind into a more aware, contemplative state. Collectively, Om harmonizes in place and time the collective body-mind-spirit, uniting diverse souls in a way reflective of what MLK called “Beloved community.” The resonance of Om enlivens and deepens felt interdependence with every living being.

I accompany others toward the experience of deep belonging – inner hOMing – that arises from consistently speaking and acting from one’s most authentic core. I come alongside individuals and small groups in ways intended to surface and apply their unique blend of passions, knowledge, embodied experience, and skills to their work in the world.  In partnership, I aim to call forth and nurture individuals toward self-awareness and understanding, integrity, and resonance in their relationships and livelihood. I assist collectives of people (communities and organizations) to achieve the vision of a world in which every living thing proceeds toward and experiences a deep sense of belonging, of being at hOMe, founded on acknowledgement of our shared rights to safety, dignity, and satisfaction of basic needs.